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Suspicious provenance errors: Manet's Mellon

Mrs Kurt Riezler (née Käthe Liebermann, daughter of Max Liebermann) was previously mis-identified as Liezler


EDOUARD MANET

The Melonc. 1880

 Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 46.67 × 56.52 cm (18 3/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

framed: 71.12 × 80.01 × 6.35 cm (28 × 31 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

2014.18.29

Artists / Makers

Edouard Manet (artist) French, 1832 - 1883

Image Use

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PROVENANCE

Sold by the artist to M. Pertuiset, Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5 June 1888, no. 3); bought by Isidore Bloch or Hermann Paechter, Berlin. Max Liebermann [1847-1935], Berlin, before 1925; his daughter, Mrs. Kurt Riezler [née Käthe Liebermann, 1885-1952], Berlin and later New York.[1] (Wildenstein and Co., New York); sold 1959 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

ASSOCIATED NAMES
Bloch, Isidore 
Liebermann, Max 
Mellon, Paul 
Paechter, Hermann 
Riezler, Kurt Mrs. 
Wildenstein & Co., Inc. 

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.164939.html#provenance



A misspelling can be innocent. But in the hands of a known Red Flag it can also be not so innocent. Prudence dictates verification. And also curiosity. 

Who was Mrs Riezler (aka Liezler)?
In which other artworks does her name appear?
Are there any other misspellings or other errors connected to artworks she once owned.
What was her fate?


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Riezler in other provenances




Title: Madame Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1829–1906) at Bellevue

Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)

Date: 1880

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 31 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (80.6 x 60.3 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

Accession Number: 1997.391.4






https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438002



Provenance

the sitter, Paris (1880–97; sold to Camentron); [Gaston-Alexandre Camentron, Paris, 1897; sold on February 1, 1897, for Fr 500, to Durand-Ruel]; [Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1897; stock no. 4035; sold on November 2, 1897, for Fr 2,000 to Hugo von Tschudi on behalf of Liebermann; Max Liebermann, Berlin (1897–d. 1935; one of fourteen paintings deposited on his behalf by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich, at Kunsthaus Zürich, from May 9, 1933 to January 24, 1938); his widow, Martha Liebermann, Berlin, and/or their daughter, Mrs. Kurt (Käthe) Riezler (1935–38; painting remained at Kunsthaus Zürich until released to Riezler); Mrs. Kurt (Käthe) Riezler, Berlin, then New York (from 1938; probably sold to Rosenberg); [Paul Rosenberg, New York, until 1946; sold in February to Horowitz]; Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Horowitz, New York (1946–72; consigned to Wildenstein in 1970 and sold on April 11, 1972 to Annenberg); Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, Rancho Mirage, Calif. (1972–97; jointly with MMA, 1997–his d. 2002)
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Title: Three Male Heads

Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)

Date: 19th century

Medium: Pen and black ink, red and brown wash, over black chalk; on beige paper, lined

Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 8 9/16 in. (10.7 x 21.7cm)

Classification: Drawings

Credit Line: Bequest of Gregoire Tarnopol, 1979, and Gift of Alexander Tarnopol, 1980

Accession Number: 1980.21.10


https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334358


Provenance

Liebermann; Riezler; César de Hauke, according to K. E. Maison; Walter Feilchenfeldt, according to K. E. Maison; Henri Baderou (French), according to K. E. Maison; Grégoire Tarnopol


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Title: The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene)

Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence)

Date: ca. 1875



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